Encyclopedia of Western Railroad History: The mountain states, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming
Extensive appendices provide data regarding weight, fuel, statistical trends, and more, as well as a list of 130 vital railroad books. Railfans will treasure this indispensable work.
... Philadelphia , 1883 ) ; J. C. Smiley , History of Denver ( Denver , 1903 ) ; J. B. Thoburn , A Standard History of Oklahoma ( 5 vols . , Chicago , 1916 ) ; 0. F. Whitney , History of Utah ( 4 vols . , Salt Lake City , 1893 ) .
Grand Trunk Western Railroad: An Illustrated History
This comprehensive guide to locomotive development includes descriptions of more than 900 trains and locomotives. Arranged in four sections -- steam locomotives, diesel locomotives, electric locomotives, and trains -- listed...
The book is packed with evocative period and modern photography in color and black and white, as well as a treasure trove of classic timetable and advertising art and maps.
The history of the Southern Railway has its roots in the South Carolina Canal and Railroad Company, which was chartered in 1827 and operated its first train, the Best Friend of Charleston, in 1830. The Southern Railway grew to become a ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there...
This book traces the history of the Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad from its inception in Chicago in 1877 until its last train in 1971.